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SheilaC
True Blue Farmgirl
1948 Posts
Sheila
Vermont
USA
1948 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 10:25:56 AM
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Yummm!! We went out and picked lots of mulberries last night, at least a third of a 5 gallon bucket  and today is jelly and syrup day. I also froze lots for pancakes/muffins later on. We used our favorite "picking" method of sheets under the trees/shaking the branches--the kids probably ate a quart apiece as well, but no tummyaches :)
A couple of days from now and we'll go out again and get more--yummmm! |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 4:28:31 PM
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Oh, how I miss mulberries!!! My grandparents had a mulberry tree in their backyard and we'd sit under it and shuck corn and shell peas or sit around the kettle while Granddaddy fried catfish, and, of course, gather mulberries for jelly! Then some kind of blight got ahold of it and it had to be cut down. But I have many wonderful memories of that mulberry tree! I'd climb it's branches with a book and eat mulberries straight off the limb! Thank you, Sheila, for resurrecting those old memories for me!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
"A thing is as simple or as complicated as you make it." --TT Murphy |
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Thistlewoodmanor
True Blue Farmgirl
51 Posts
Deb
Geneva
IA
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2009 : 7:43:06 PM
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I have about 14 pints of mulberries right now.....took them to farmers market but they didn't sell well; so I'm going to make them into pie and jelly. Anyone have some good recipes?
www.thistlewoodmanor.typepad.com |
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SheilaC
True Blue Farmgirl
1948 Posts
Sheila
Vermont
USA
1948 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2009 : 8:11:54 PM
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| berry syrup is great from mulberries too! |
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Rivergirl_2007
True Blue Farmgirl
332 Posts
Shirley
Karnak
IL
USA
332 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2009 : 1:16:34 PM
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| I have two trees that came up two years ago. I didn't know what they were, so took a branch to the local nursery and was told they were mulberry trees. The branches certainly would not hold a human, they are so small. My berries are extremely small. Is that natural. I takes forever just to get a teacup full and can't imagine getting even 2 gals. Is it because the trees are so young? |
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
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Rivergirl_2007
True Blue Farmgirl
332 Posts
Shirley
Karnak
IL
USA
332 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2009 : 7:01:02 PM
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| Sharon - the berries on my trees have very little taste. I think their size and lack of tasteis probably because the trees are so young. I'm in hope that will change with time. |
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Farm Kitchen: Mulberries |
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